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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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